פֿאַרדרייען

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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פֿאַר־ (far-) +‎ דרייען (dreyen). Compare German verdrehen.

Verb

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פֿאַרדרייען (fardreyen) (past participle פֿאַרדרייט (fardreyt)) (transitive, perfective)

  1. to turn
    פֿאַרדרייען דעם קאָפּfardreyen dem kopto turn one's head away; (with dative) to confuse someone, to drive someone crazy
  2. (reflexive) to make a turn, turn a corner
  3. (reflexive) to become entangled
  4. to turn off (faucet, etc.), turn down
  5. to twist, tangle
  6. to garble, distort

Conjugation

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References

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  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פֿאַרדרייען”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN